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Where does “escorchier” come from?

escorchier (Old French) comes from Latin excorticāre, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

escorchier (Old French): to debark; to skin

Definitions

  1. to debark; to skin

Ancestry of “escorchier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexcorticāre—
2LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
3Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s—

Words derived from “escorchier”

  • écorcher
  • écorchure
  • escorcher
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